Our use of high-speed broadband, and the speed at which the technological world is developing, must provide the stimulus that challenges our incremental approach to infrastructure and encourages us to think bigger about the entire ecosystem of housing, transport and the way people, goods and data move about our country.

The construction industry is actually very good at delivering individual, large-scale infrastructure projects, when we put our minds to it. But getting to this stage can be painful.

Yes, Crossrail is late – and there are questions about why, not to mention why we were only told about it so late on. And yes, we have become so used to delays in big projects that we almost just shrug when these announcements are made.

“We have become so used to delays in big projects that we almost shrug when these announcements are made”

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